While the Mets continue to be maddeningly inconsistent, Carson Benge keeps hitting.

The 23-year-old rookie homered twice off Logan Gilbert Tuesday in New York’s 8-3 loss in front of 28,329 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. He hit a two-run shot to right to tie the game at 2-2 in the third and sent a 95-mph cutter 399 feet to center for a solo shot that made it 7-3 in the fifth.

He also struck out to lead off the game, though that at-bat may have set up the two blasts. He saw 11 pitches, fouled off six and got to see Gilbert’s fastball, splitter, slider and change.

Benge was part of the reason the Mets got off to a slow start. After an Opening Day homer, he went into a deep funk and was hitting .179/.235/.263/.498 after striking out in his only at-bat in a game he didn’t start on May 2. Then something clicked.

Since May 3, his slash line is .318/.390/.491. He has connected for four homers, driven in 18 and scored 21 runs. He has led the team in batting average, on-base percentage and runs during this stretch. His nine overall steals (in 11 attempts) for the season lead the team as well.

Carson Benge by Berto Carlo

Among National League rookies, Benge is third in runs scored (30), fourth in hits (52), tied for second in doubles (9), tied for fourth in homers (6) and ranks third in steals.

It is a small sample, but he is even hitting better against lefties (12-for-37 with one homer, .324/.419/.432) this year than he did across three minor-league levels last year (22-for-95 with one homer, .232/.407/.326). Benge was the Mets’ first-round pick (19th overall) in the 2024 draft out of Oklahoma State and hit 15 homers, stole 22 bases and posted an .857 OPS in his first full season of pro ball in 2025.

The Mets (26-35) have played .500 ball (19-19) since a 12-game losing streak in April dropped them to 7-16. Carlos Mendoza was asked after the loss Tuesday if the Mets have too big of a hill to climb.

“I don’t think so, but we got to start playing better,” he said. “That’s the bottom line. Until we start putting together, playing consistent baseball, that’s the only way to get out of it.”

Maybe the team, which has lost two in Seattle after winning four in a row, which came after losing five in a row, can learn something about consistency from Benge.